Dawn of the Dead will win all 2005 Oscars

Maddox returns to previous form with this stunning review of the zombie flick.
Click _here_ to read the review

My double life

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well hello there tomas how are u doin? hvnt spoken to you in a long time u shud hve cum to leeds for my birthday thout sue had told u about it and u were cumin down. as soon as sue arrived she gave me my present well didnt tell me it was my present and i droped it on the floor yeah it was a bottle of wine! never mind thou. so how r u? and ur love life? i believe u r takin my suzie to a wedding dont u be gettin any ideas bout poppin the question while ur there only jokin! wat r u doin now ru still in tesco (i think thats where u were isnt it). hows will doin? ull hve to cum and stay wit us soon oh yeah weve got a house from the first of july so house parties i think r necessary! take care of urself and keep in touch
andrea xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

–the thing is that I never get thse sorts of emails really to me… only to the 'other' Tom Clarke. How many of us are there? Have other Toms received emails for me? Written in txt spk and CoDeZ? Probably not.

DJ Dangermouse

I downloaded the Grey Album last night, and it's pretty good. It's a mixture of Jay-Z's Black Album and the White Album by the Beatles. Which, er, makes it Grey. Or Gray as the Americans say.

Unfortunately, this won't be heard much on the radio, despite its being a highpoint in the bootleg craze of the last two years. The remaining Beatles (never particularly known for their fun-loving, carefree attitude, at least not since they became millionaires!) have stopped it being sold/played by anyone.

So download it! It's grate!

Hott Rokk

Ah so the lineup for this year's Primavera Sound has been announced, and it's going to be hot in the city. Highlights (for me) include:

Dizzy Rascal
Scissor Sisters
Primal Scream
The Fall
Franz Ferdinand
The Raveonettes
Wilco

Shall rock. Click _here_ for the Barcelona Primavera Sound website.

Luxury Hotel

The luxury hotel (****) was more like (***), but still great fun! Bizarrely, the hotel bar closed at 11pm, and reception refused to send drinks up to our room after this time (how do these places survive if they won't allow romantic, gullible fools to order overpriced, warm Cava at 11.30 pm?!)… still, Roses out of season was pleasant. We walked along the beach for a minute or two at night, and the sound of small waves breaking on the shore brought back images of Devon in the summer.

I decided it would be wise at this point to smoke a joint in the bath (we don't have a bath at home, only a shower; and no, this wasn't irresponsible in the least: sometimes, extreme relaxation is completely deserved, and this was one of those times).

Then yesterday, we went to a few other costal towns (including Cadaques, Salvador 'mad pervert' Dalí's home town), looked at boats, eggs on roofs, children and the like, before eating at a seaside restaurant. I had some of the best lamb chops ever (though I think they were helped along by a delicious Crianza). G's parents were very kind to organise this for us, and for driving us around the Costa Brava.

The short trip really put us in the travelling mood. We are almost certainly going to Australia this year, but the question is when. Ideally, we'll go at the end of November, enjoy some sunshine there, and have the chance of an earlier break (in July) too. We have been considering an Interrail trip around Spain, Portugal and Morocco. However, this will also depend on the job situation - I think I'm going to have to start looking pretty soon for an alternative to Order Entry Agent.

Coming up (maybe later today)>> more images and other stuff for the website. Adéu!

Caught on video

I don't suppose anyone'd be too surprised about Donald Rumsfeld lying, but this video catches him in the act. It's lovely to see a toad squirm.
Click here to see the video.

Please don't spy on me.